Wall and partition



Nov. v3 1925' E. lE. HALL WALL AND PARTITIONV med April 2e, 1922 Patented Nov. 3, 1925.

UNITED STATES ERIC E. HALL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

WALL AND PARTITION.

Application filed April 28, 1922.

To all lwhom t may Concern:

Be it known that I, ERIC E. HALL, a citi- Zen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Walls and Partil Y tions, of which the following is a full, clear,

and exact specification.

My invention 'is concerned with certain new and useful improvements in walls and partitions, and in a novel securing'member adapted to be inserted therein, to whichthe fui-ring strips are nailed.

To illustrate my invention, I annex hereto a sheet of drawings, in which thesame reference characters are used to designate identical parts in all the figures, of which,-

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a wall embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a side elevat-ion of two of blocks overlapped;

Fig. 3 is an end elevation of one of the same;

Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4, but showing a modified construction.

In illustrating my invention, I have shown a floor a upon which is erected a partition wall made of a plurality of tile blocks b, or some other similar material adapted to be connected at the joints by the mortar c. For securing, fo-r instance, the furring strips d in place to which the baseboard e in turn is secured by the nails f, I employ the nailing blocks g, each of which preferably consists of a rectangular wooden strip h of suitable length enclosed by a sheathing of thin sheet metal, the outer face y' of which is preferably perforated, preferably by having the metal expanded, so that the nails c driven through the furring strips d may be more easily driven therein, although it will be understood that I might use a very thin sheathing and drive the nails in by puncturing the outer face thereof. The sheathing is preferably formed of sheet-metal strips which have the tongues Z suitably located on one edge thereof so as to enter co-operating recesses m toward the othervedge, so as to secure the sheathing in place on the strip 7i, which might also be composed of some the vfibrous material secured vtogether with a suitable binder. To anchor these strips in place, I preferably employ the extended edge n, which is preferably perforated so as Serial No. 557,100.

to allow the mortar to pass therethrough by expanding that portion of the strip.

In building av wall, it will be understood that the strips g are put in place in such of the vertical joints as may be desirable, the ends of the tile abutting the sides of the sheathing while rthe mortar 0 falls in lthe central portion between the opposed strips or blocks and penetrates theapertures in the anchor portion n.

When the furring strips are thus nailed in place, the plaster Y the corrugations of one strip nest in the corrugations of the other strip, and it will be obvious that if the strips are needed for a thicker wall than the one shown, all that is necessary is to shift them so as to bring the corrugations of one strip into 'co-operation with different corrugations on the other one.

While I have shown and described my invention as embodied in the form which I at present consider best adapted to carry out its purposes, it will be understood that it is capable of modifications, and that I do not desire to be limited in the interpretation of the following claims except as may be necessitated by the state of prior art.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is:

l. In a wall, the combination with a plurality of members adapted to be joined at their ends vby mortar, of nailing blocks adapted to be located in certain joints in place of some of the mortar, anchors secured to the nailing blocks and extending inwardly therefrom, mortar between the ends of the blocks and co-operating with the anchors to prevent any possible outward movement of the blocks, and wooden strips nailed to the blocks.

2. In a wall, the combination with a plurality of members adapted to be joined by mortar, of nailing blocks adapted to be lo* cated in pairs back to back on opposite sides of the wall in certain joints in place of some of the mortar, and wooden strips nailed to the blocks, said nailing blocks having over- 3. In `a wall, the combination with a plurality of members adapted to be joined by mortar, of nailing blocks adapted to'be located in pairs back to back ony opposite sides of the wall in certain joints in place of some of the mortar, and wooden strips nailed to the blocks, said nailing blocks having overlapping and interlocking anchors projecting yinwardly therefrom to engage the mortar.

4. In a wall, the combination with a plural-ity of members `adapted to be joined by mortar9 of nailing .blocks adapted to be located in pairs back to back on opposite sides of the wall in certain joints in place of some of the mortar, and wooden strips nailed to theblocks, said nailing` blocks having overlapping and interlocking anchors projecting inwardly therefromto engage the mortar, the interlocking portions of the anchors beingsyinmetricallyarranged so that by varying theextent of the overlapping they can be .adapted to walls of dierent thicknesses.

ln a wall, the combination with a plurality of members adapted to be joined by mortar, ot nailing blocks adapted to be located in pairs back to back on opposite sides ot the wall incertain joints in place or some or' the mortar, and wooden strips nailed to the blocks, said nailing blocks having overlapping and interlocking anchors projecting` inwardly therefrom to engage the mortar, the interlocking portions of the yanchors being longitudinally corrugated so that `by varying the corrugations brought into register 'they can be adapted to walls of different thicknesses.

V(. As a new and useful article of manufacture, a nailing block composed of a fibrous 7letame bar surrounded on all its sides by a connected thin metal sheathing and provided on one side with anchoring means extending from the central portion of said side a substantial distance so that it can co-operate withthe anchoring means oit another nailing block opposed thereto.

7. As a new and useful article of manufacture.y a nailing block composed of a fibrous bar surrounded on all its sides by ay connected thin metal sheathing and provided on one side with anchoring means consisting of a perforated extension yoi' the sheathing.

8. As a new and useful article of manufacture, a nailing block `composed of .a fibrous bar surrounded a thin metal sheathing and provided on oneside with anchoring means consisting of a corrugated eX- tension of `the sheathing.

9. As a new `and useful article ,of manufacture, a nailing block composedof a fibrous bar surrounded by a thin metal sheathing and provided on one side with anchoring means consisting ot a perforated and corrugated extension ci" the sheathing.

1.0. As a new and useful article oi' manufacture7 a nailing block composed of a brous bar surrounded on all its sides by a `connected thin metal sheathing perforated on ,its outer face and provided Vonr one side with anchoring` means extending from the central portion ot said side .a substantial distance s0 that it can co-operate with the anchoring means of another nailing block l opposed thereto.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and .aiiixed my seal this 19th day of April, A.. D. .1922. I j

ERIC-E. HALL. [ns] 

